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To examine how health literacy and cancer fatalism relate to cancer information-seeking behavior and evaluate whether fatalistic beliefs mediate this association.

September 16, 2015Health Education & BehaviorOpen Access

Cancer Fatalism, Literacy, and Cancer Information Seeking in the American Public

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LKLindsay C. Kobayashi SSSamuel G. Smith

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Cross-sectional survey reveals fatalistic beliefs mediate reduced cancer information seeking among adults with low health literacy, suggesting targeted communication is needed.

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To examine how health literacy and cancer fatalism relate to cancer information-seeking behavior and evaluate whether fatalistic beliefs mediate this association.
Analyzed cross-sectional data from Cycle 3 of the population-representative Health Information and National Trends Survey (HINTS 4; n = 2,657).
Assessed health literacy, cancer fatalistic beliefs, and lifetime cancer information seeking using self-reported survey items.
Performed multivariable logistic regression and mediation modeling adjusted for sociodemographic factors and family cancer history.
Participants with limited health literacy were significantly less likely to have ever sought cancer information (OR = 0.63; 95% CI, 0.42–0.95).
Limited health literacy was significantly associated with higher fatalistic belief that one cannot lower their cancer risk (OR = 1.61; 95% CI, 1.05–2.47).
The fatalistic belief that little can be done to lower cancer risk partially mediated the link between low health literacy and information seeking, accounting for 14% of the effect.

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Kobayashi et al. (2015) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6aa26d6e395a42d3a7fdc873 https://doi.org/10.1177/1090198115604616

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September 16, 2015Health Education & BehaviorOpen Access

Cancer Fatalism, Literacy, and Cancer Information Seeking in the American Public

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Authors

LKLindsay C. Kobayashi SSSamuel G. Smith

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Overview

Cross-sectional survey reveals fatalistic beliefs mediate reduced cancer information seeking among adults with low health literacy, suggesting targeted communication is needed.

Key Points

To examine how health literacy and cancer fatalism relate to cancer information-seeking behavior and evaluate whether fatalistic beliefs mediate this association.
Analyzed cross-sectional data from Cycle 3 of the population-representative Health Information and National Trends Survey (HINTS 4; n = 2,657).
Assessed health literacy, cancer fatalistic beliefs, and lifetime cancer information seeking using self-reported survey items.
Performed multivariable logistic regression and mediation modeling adjusted for sociodemographic factors and family cancer history.
Participants with limited health literacy were significantly less likely to have ever sought cancer information (OR = 0.63; 95% CI, 0.42–0.95).
Limited health literacy was significantly associated with higher fatalistic belief that one cannot lower their cancer risk (OR = 1.61; 95% CI, 1.05–2.47).
The fatalistic belief that little can be done to lower cancer risk partially mediated the link between low health literacy and information seeking, accounting for 14% of the effect.

Cite This Study

Kobayashi et al. (2015) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6aa26d6e395a42d3a7fdc873 https://doi.org/10.1177/1090198115604616

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